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Above, we sent Nick Ferrari out in Birmingham to see what they love best about the city

Nearly twice as many Brummies rank Cadbury’s chocolate as Birmingham’s greatest invention than the steam engine.

When asked about the city’s best creation, 36 per cent named Dairy Milk as the best, while only 19 per cent pointed to James Watt’s steam engine innovation which helped transform the world through the industrial revolution.

Cadbury polled most highly with young people. In the YouGov poll for LBC, more than half of 18-24 year olds plumped for chocolate.

The research was carried out as part of an project by the commercial news talk radio station to look into post-Brexit Birmingham.

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Its researchers already revealed that more people in city consider HS2 a poor use of money than a good idea.

As part of that, researchers asked what residents loved most about living in the city.

The parks and open spaces are the most popular answer, with 49 per cent of people choosing them. Perhaps surprising to some non-residents, Birmingham has more open space than any other European city, with 571 parks covering 14 square miles.

A total of 41 per cent of people in professional occupations said that Birmingham’s transport links were what they love about the city.

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The least-loved were sports teams – perhaps unsurprisingly with no Premier League football sides – and the accent, which only six per cent chose.

Following the Brexit result in Birmingham which saw the city split 50-50, 18 per cent of Birmingham residents feel that the general attitude of Brummies will do the most to unite people, while 15 per cent choose the city’s internationally diverse culture.

LBC breakfast presenter Nick Ferrari said: “I’ve been coming to Birmingham for more than three decades and what strikes me now is the incredible vitality you see in the city. The redevelopment clearly has worked. It’s one occasion where government money has been well spent, but the great spirit of being a Brummie is still here. It really is a remarkable city and totally lays claim to the nation’s second city.”

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John Bryson, professor of enterprise and competitiveness at CityREDI, the University of Birmingham, said: “Birmingham has an incredibly rich and diverse history of people coming to the city to establish new lives and new companies which dates back to the 1600s.

"The city continues to lead in innovation, is one of the nation’s fastest growing economies and the results of LBC’s survey remind us of all that Birmingham has to offer.”